On May 23, 2025, we organized a meeting with leading experts in combating financial crimes for the youth of Rivne. This time, we examined practical cases illustrating how young people can fall victim to fraudsters and discussed effective ways to prevent such situations.

The event was opened by Oleksandr Tereshchenko, Deputy Head of the Rivne Regional State Administration for Digital Development, Digital Transformation, and Digitalization (CDTO), and Yurii Kolos, Head of the Rivne District State Administration – Chief of the Rivne District Military Administration.

We kicked off the meeting with a quiz led by CFI’s Managing Director, Oksana Ihnatenko, where participants tested their knowledge and learned more about financial monitoring.

Rostyslav Marchuk, Director of the Academy of Financial Monitoring of Ukraine, explained what money laundering is and how the financial monitoring system helps fight this phenomenon in Ukraine.

Radzisław Wielkopolan, a financial monitoring expert from Poland, shared his experience organizing monitoring abroad and outlined ways to enhance its effectiveness in the Ukrainian context.

Volodymyr Derkach, founder of FinAP, used specific examples to show how money mule schemes actually work, why participating in them is dangerous, and shared advice on how to avoid falling into fraudsters’ traps.

Nataliia Osetska, a financial monitoring expert, focused on the process of customer due diligence — tools and methods for assessing customer risk.

Yaroslav Korzhenivskyi, a financial monitoring expert from Ukraine, emphasized how to protect oneself from cyber fraud, why it’s crucial to use only official websites, and the importance of not sharing personal information via suspicious links.

CFI brings together young people from all over Ukraine, creating a space for learning, professional growth, and experience exchange. This environment helps shape a new generation of professionals ready to jointly combat money laundering and other financial crime.